Stabbing Pain

Instant    (CMC:1)

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Tap that creature.

"You can take the fight out of nearly any creature if you know where its soft spot is."

118 M11 • ENZoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

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Legal in: Modern,Legacy,Vintage,Freeform,Prismatic,Tribal Wars Legacy,Classic,Singleton 100,Commander

Oracle Text (click to copy):

Stabbing Pain {B} Instant Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Tap that creature.

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8/15/2010
You may target any creature with Stabbing Pain. It's okay if it's already tapped.
8/15/2010
If Stabbing Pain targets an untapped creature with 1 toughness, that creature gets -1/-1, then it becomes tapped, then (after Stabbing Pain resolves) it's put into the graveyard as a state-based action. Similarly, if Stabbing Pain targets an untapped creature with 1 less than lethal damage marked on it (such as a 3/3 creature with 2 damage marked on it), that creature gets -1/-1, then it becomes tapped, then (after Stabbing Pain resolves) it's destroyed as a state-based action. In each case, any abilities that trigger when that creature becomes tapped will trigger.

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